Tamping device for tobacco pipes



' C. GOETZ TAMPING DEVICE FOR TOBACCO PIPES Nov. 8, 1927;

Filed April 1927 avwemtoz Patented Nov. 8, l927.

enemies eon'rz, or NEW Yemen. Y.

TAMPING DEVICE FOR TOBACCO PIPES.

Application filed April 21, 1927. Serial No. 185,381.

My invention is an improvement in devices for tamping or compressing smoking tobacco within the bowl of a pipe, whereby the smoker is relieved from a tendency of burning the fingers of the hand while engaged in the operation of tamping burning tobacco within the bowl, and the fingers are not soiled by contact with the charred to bacco and ashes.

It is well known that smokers enjoy the consumption of tobacco when the burning mass is compacted within the bowl in order that smoke from the tobacco may be drawn into the mouth to the exclusion of an excess of air, and, further, to insure a desirable combustion of the mass present in the bowl, Commonly, the smoker compresses the tobacco by placing the fingers upon the burning mass within the bowl, but recourse to such proceeding is objectionable because the fingers are burned and soiled quite frequently.

The use of the t-amping device of my 1nvention overcomes these objections, but such a device to be practicable must be available for use instantly when desired by the smoker. Accordingly, I make provision for instant availability by providing a clip adapted to be attached with facility. to the pipe stem, said clip being so formed that it retains itself securely in position and affords means whereby the tamper or compressor is held securely in place against accidental dislodgment and is yet easily removed and replaced.

Other functions and advantages of the invention will appear from the following de scription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my tamping device mounted in an out of service relation to an ordinary pipe.

Figure 2 is a view partly in section through the pipe bowl illustrating the mode of compressing tobacco by the aid of my tamping device.

Figure 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged side elevation of the clip.

Figures 5 and 6 are views in side and edge elevation of the tamper detached from the pipe and the clip.

My invention embodies a clip A and a tamper or compressor B which are constructed for mutual co-operation to the end that the device as a whole may be mounted with facility upon a pipe stem independently of any attachment to the pipe bowl,

The clip A is a ring-shaped member shown in Figures 1, 2, 4, and with particularity in Figure 3. Said. clip is composed of a band of any suitable material, such as metal, adapted to be cut or stamped in a fiat condition from a piece of metal and to be bent orstruck up so as to present the form of a ring. The end portions of said band or clip are extended from the ringshaped body,'said extended ends being in approximately parallel relation, as shown in Figure 3. These extended ends of the clip or band constitute a plurality of yieldable fingers,c,d, and with said clip or band is associated means for contracting the band, whereby the latter is adapted to frictionally grip a pipe stem. Said contracting means is usually in the form of a bolt or screw, 6, having a nut, 7', said bolt passing loosely through alined openings provided in the fingers c, d, close to the ring formation of the clip, see Figure 3. The bolt or screw acts to tighten the band around the pipe stem, and to draw the fingers 0, d, intothe desired close relation one to the other, but these fingers have a relatively slightelastic action whereby they are adapted for frictional contact with the tamper or compressor. It is desirable to provide the finger d with a slight bend, d, inwardly toward finger 0, and to make finger 0 somewhat longer than finger (l, and to bend said longer finger 0 slightly inward toward finger (Z, see Figure 3, whereby the two fingers cooperate. in securely holding the tamper against accidental dislodgment.

A practical form of tamper or compressor is shown in Figures 1, 2, 5 and 6, of the drawings. It is usually a single piece of metal cut or stamped in fiat condition from a sheet of metal to produce an elon gated stem With an enlargement at oneend, and in the course of production the stem 7) is twisted or turned intermediate its ends, as at 6 whereas the enlargement is bent at a right angle, or substantially so, to the stem, resulting in a head, 6'. I This head is substantially'flat and extends outwardly from the stem at an angle thereto and at one end thereof, the size or area of the head Z) be ing such that it acts efliciently in compressing the tobacco within the pipe bowl, as depicted' in Figure 2. Said stem is provided with a notch g in one edge and intermediate the head 6' and the twist b andat oneyend said stem is forked or split to produce theused in connection with any kind of tobacco 3 pipe; i

In applying the device to a pipe, the tamper is disconnected from the chp, the

screw or bolt is relaxed, and the clip slipped over. the pie stem to a position near to the bowl, see Figures 1 and 2, whereupon the screw is tightened to compress the clip into the desired frictional engagement with the pipe stem so as to adapt the clip to tightly embrace the pipe stem and retain it from sliding thereon. The compression of the clip around the pipe stem does not close the interval between the iingers e, (Z, and as said fingers are elastic and yieldableg-the stem 1) of the tamper B is easily thrust into the space between the lingers, as showninFigures 1 and The stem- Z) oil the tamper is positioned for the notch g to receive the screw, and for the lips ]I to engage with the pipe stem and to fit closely thereto, whereby the tamper is retained firmly in position upon the pipe stem by the oo-operation of said tamper with the clip. The notch g and screw 6 retain the tamper against dislodg ment lengthwise, and the frictional engagement of lingers 0, (Z, with the stem 6 precludes the accidental dislodgment of the tamper from the clip and the pipe itself when the pipe is moved or shifted around in the mouth or in the hands of the smoker.

The clip or band A aii'ords thesole means for mounting the tamper on the pipe in the out of service position of said tamper, there being no attachment of the tamper to the pipe bowl, nor is there any connection be tween the tamper and said bowl. To use the tamper for compressing the tobacco within the bowl, the tamper is pulled by the fingers away from the clip so as to disconnect the,

stem 6 from fingers c, d, of theclip, and

hand to press the head 6. upon the'mass of tobacco, for compacting the burning mass wlthout thedanger 0t burning or solling the fingers by contact with said burning mass. The tobacco having been compactedas desired, the tamper is withdrawn from the bowl, and it is placed with the stem 1) between the fingers 0, d, and pressed down firmly until the. notch g-receives the screw 6 and the lips it have the desired close relation to the pipe stem,'the= tamper head I) being in facing relation to the pipe bowl, see Figure 1. r i

My device comprises two parts, the clip and the tamper, each composed practically ot a single piece, to the end that the device 1 The device is manuifactured economically.

is applied with ease and facility tothe pipe stem, and the tamper is dernountablefrom,

and attachable at will to, the clip, and when not in service, the tamper is instantly available ior use: it

Having thus fully described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to se cure by liet'tersPatent 1s: 1 i 1 i. In a device for compressing tobacco withina'pipe, a clip provided with a plu rality of fingers, means for tightening said clip upon a pipe stem, anda tamper insertible between said fingers and engaging frictionally therewith ttor retaining said tamper 111 an out oi servlcerelation to a pipe and in a position readily available for use;

in a pipe coniiprising a snring clip otbanolshaped formation provided with a screw for clamping said clip frictlonally upon a pipe stem, said-clip jhavinga plurality of fingers extending outwardly therefrom, and a tamper insertible between said fingers and 'lrictionally engaged. therewitln -3. A device tor compressing tobacco within (1. 131136 embodylng a clip provided with tightening nieaiisiind with a plurality 0t fingers, and a tamper the shank of which is notchechsaid tamper being insertible be-- tween said lingers with the notch in engagement with the tightening means.

I a. A device for compressing tobacco within a pipe elnbodyinga clip provided with a tightening screw and with a plurality otfingers extending outwardly from said screw, and a ta-mper provlcled with a twisted stem having a head and a notch, said stem Off-lie tamper being insertible' between said lingers with the notch positioned for engage cnannns eon'rz.

a. A device for compressing tobacco with-. 

